Kernel 2.6.38 has adopted a format called XZ for kernel use, as well as some filesystems. Format appears to be optimized for streaming and embedded use. I'll happily test it if anyone wants to plug in some code for it. http://tukaani.org/xz/format.html http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.tinc-vpn.org/pipermail/tinc-devel/attachments/20110315/34b7edd0/attachment.htm>
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